S. A. Cosby: Razorblade Tears

S. A. Cosby shows what two fathers will do in a quest for Vengeance:

Ike and Buddy Lee are strangers to each other, even though their sons were married and had a daughter together. When their sons are murdered in a drastic way, they do not think that anything can get any worse, but their headstones are destroyed above their graves. This causes Buddy Lee to reach out to Ike and seek their own sense of justice for their boys. Even though they were both ashamed of their kids while they are alive they see this as a small way to atone for that, to set things right and bring Vengeance to those who dared to hurt their boys.

This is the first book that I have read by Cosby and this book was making quite a few ways when it was released in 2021 and i can see why, the act of vengeance and why Ike and Buddy lee go down this path is very powerful and Hell i can't blame them for it. A parent should never have to bury their children, and one's children should never be murdered how their son's were. So once you start reading the book you cannot help but root for them. Nothing else matters, not race or that they are both ex-cons, all that matters is Justice.

Ike and Buddy Lee are very different men, but very much the same as well. Ike, is ruthless in this book and I am hear for it, Buddy Lee is more of the comedic relief in the book through his comments/idea but he shows up when you need him too. Both of them HATE how they treated their son's while they were alive and this vigilantism is a way to atone for that. It is sad that Ike and Buddy Lee could not understand their sons’ life and who they loved. Although this book takes a short amount of time, there is growth in both characters as they spend more time together, especially Ike and how he sees gay men.

This book is quite dark and graphic at times, enough that one needs to know this going in to the book. Ike has a particular set of skills and anger to go along with it that he not afraid to pull this other side of him out in this book (he is savage at times). I also appreciated that Cosby understood that Ike and Buddy Lee are older men and the hinderances that comes with this, but also the men using this to their advantage with all the young bucks out there. 

All that said above this book took me a bit to get into. Is tarted this book on Audio and the character voices just didn’t really work for me, for lack of better words the voice was too soothing that it made me sleepy (lol). Once i started reading it in physical copy form I was able to get into the book. I did find the book a bit predictable as I was able to guess the twist well before the end.

I enjoyed this book by Cosby and I would like to read other books by him. I enjoyed the premise of this book of two different but same men coming together to get justice for this sons.

Enjoy!!!

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